Application of Vannevar Bush

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of process claim 28 and article claim 29 in application Ser. No. 341,001, filed March 9, 1953, for “Glass Plastic and Method of Making the Same.” Two process claims have been allowed.

The invention is an article of manufacture and a process of forming it. The process consists of first blowing a hollow, thin-walled glass shape such as a sphere or. cylinder until it shatters, the resulting pieces being irregular in size, shape, and thickness, and generally slightly dished or…